Subject: Re: Type 3 (?) keyboards
To: None <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca, jules@mailbox.co.uk>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/02/1996 22:49:38
> Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:55:49 -0500 (EST)
> From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
> Cc: port-sun3@netbsd.org
> Julian> Anyone now how to get more use out of a keyboard with rather a
> Julian> lot of unused keys... ?
>
> On my Sun4/260, the extra keyboard keys send nothing when I'm
> using the console. I would like to know how to turn them on, but I
> gather that it's a secret.
The new keyboard driver (sys/dev/sun/kbd.c) knows about the "extra"
keys on later keyboards, but the sparc port uses an older driver.
I (or someone) should try the new z8530 driver on the sparc...
Gordon